Video footage of Ray West fronting George Lynch’s Electric Freedom in Woodhaven, Michigan, USA

Video footage of Ray West fronting George Lynch’s Electric Freedom in Woodhaven, Michigan, USA

During this past weekend, George Lynch’s Electric Freedom embarked on a new chapter with a new line-up consisting of band founder / guitarist George Lynch along with lead vocalist Ray West (Spread Eagle), bassist Jaron Gulino (Heavens Edge, Tantric) and drummer Jimmy D’Anda (ex-BulletBoys). The new line-up for George Lynch’s Electric Freedom was slated to play a number of shows from July 8th to July 16th including at The Vault in Saginaw, Michigan, USA on July 8th and at the Uncle Sam Jam in Woodhaven, Michigan, USA on July 9th.

In a recent interview with Vinyl Writer Music, West spoke about how he planned on singing the songs in George Lynch’s Electric Freedom‘s setlist in his own style.

“Well, I have to because I’m not a cover guy. Like, I’m not a cover singer. I’m not the guy to hit every fucking single note as it is on the record, or as someone else did it. I just can’t do that. So I think the best way for me to go about it is to just have fun with it, and sing these songs the way I know I can. I think it’s about the depth of the song and the soul of the song. It’s my job to retain that, but I can only be me because I don’t know how to do it any other way. And I think that’s what’s being asked of me, you know, to go in and just have fun with it. Honestly, the only person putting pressure on the gig is me, of course, because I’m like, “I want to be on point. I want to kill it.” So, for me, it’s just more like a lot of muscle memory work. In recent years, I’ve done everything in my lower register, and I’ve been singing from my chest. But now, I’ve got to connect with my upper range again, and it’s been a while since I’ve done that. On that first Lynch Mob record, Oni was incredible, and he was hitting all these high notes, and that’s not an easy thing to do. So, I think the best way for me to do this is to just interpret things in my own way, and just have fun with it.”

You can listen to the interview with Ray West at Vinyl Writer Music‘s website.

George Lynch’s Electric Freedom performing “Mr. Scary” and “Wicked Sensation” live in Woodhaven, Michigan, USA on July 9, 2022 (video from addresses‘ YouTube page):